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Tsar Mikey
Nov 30, 2005


When will then be now?



Star Citizen JPEGs are Beanie Babies for shut-ins.

Tax:
My cat in his natural state.

Tsar Mikey fucked around with this message at 19:32 on Sep 30, 2019

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AbstractNapper
Jun 5, 2011

I can help

Thom12255 posted:

jpegs are assets

"And to my dear friend Bobbie I leave my collection of ships in Star Citizen, which I purchased for $3450"

- Ah, ok. Is that worth anything?
- No.

Popete
Oct 6, 2009

This will make sure you don't suggest to the KDz
That he should grow greens instead of crushing on MCs

Grimey Drawer
Imagine trying to explain to someone why their inheritance is a Banu Merchantman and what that is

Golli
Jan 5, 2013



Popete posted:

Imagine trying to explain to someone why their inheritance is a Banu Merchantman and what that is

and why the game* is not included.

monkeytek
Jun 8, 2010

It wasn't an ELE that wiped out the backer funds. It was Tristan Timothy Taylor.

Colostomy Bag posted:

I hate how this game has finally broken my satire meter.

edit: Imagine being the lawyer that has to read that with a straight face.

"To my lovely wife, I hereby will my collection of space concept jpegs. Please take care of them."

Even better, imagine if someone contests it. The years of probate battles over who gets the Kraken makes me tingle in all the right places.

Golli
Jan 5, 2013



monkeytek posted:

Even better, imagine if someone contests it. The years of probate battles over who gets the Kraken makes me tingle in all the right places.

If they contest the will on the grounds that the decedent was not of sound mind, they may have something there.

rePool
Apr 18, 2019

Undercover Goon.

So long and thanks for all the fish

lol, he went into a near 30-day old thread to post about haters and trolls.

Complains how others find his posts, but how did he find this one?

rePool fucked around with this message at 19:45 on Sep 30, 2019

Colostomy Bag
Jan 11, 2016

:lesnick: C-Bangin' it :lesnick:

monkeytek posted:

Even better, imagine if someone contests it. The years of probate battles over who gets the Kraken makes me tingle in all the right places.

Heh. Thought about adding to my post of a fist fight breaking out between family members. Just theorycrafting about the death of a Star Citizen.

his nibs
Feb 27, 2016

:kayak:Welcome to the:kayak:
Dream Factory
:kayak:
Grimey Drawer

Bootcha posted:

:gary: = ( :siren:1 * u:allears: + :siren:2 * :pgabz: + :siren:3 * :what: + :siren:4 * :monocle: + :siren:5 * :aaa: + :siren:6 * :aaaaa: + :siren:7 * :stare: - :siren:8 * :stonk: )
............------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
.....................................( :haw: + :allears: - :ohdear: + :mad: + :gonk: )

This time....

TOMORROW

:siren:

but what does it all mean

Sabreseven
Feb 27, 2016

Inheriting jpegs in the future for SC is like being gifted shares in Gizmundo, a Ouya and tickets to the fyre festival right now. Oh gosh, lucky, lucky bastard.

Just lol.

Bubbacub
Apr 17, 2001

Those people who built simpits in their basements for SC...what do they do with them?

Agony Aunt
Apr 17, 2018

by LITERALLY AN ADMIN

Is that what passes for satire on Spectrum?

Agony Aunt
Apr 17, 2018

by LITERALLY AN ADMIN

Bubbacub posted:

Those people who built simpits in their basements for SC...what do they do with them?

Play the best drat space sim ever of course, with lust on their minds.

Contingency
Jun 2, 2007

MURDERER

Bubbacub posted:

Those people who built simpits in their basements for SC...what do they do with them?

All I picked up was a T-16000M, and it's sitting there on my desk as a dust-covered shame trophy. Doesn't even look like I'll ever be able to play Descent: Underground with it either.

Colostomy Bag
Jan 11, 2016

:lesnick: C-Bangin' it :lesnick:

Bubbacub posted:

Those people who built simpits in their basements for SC...what do they do with them?

Ever been to an estate sale/auction? I assume it would go down like that.

Bofast
Feb 21, 2011

Grimey Drawer

monkeytek posted:

Even better, imagine if someone contests it. The years of probate battles over who gets the Kraken makes me tingle in all the right places.

:allears:
Hundreds of hours and lots of money spent on legal wrangling and afterwards the winner finds out that no one wants to buy the JPEGs from them :D

Dementropy
Aug 23, 2010



chaosapiant
Oct 10, 2012

White Line Fever

Contingency posted:

All I picked up was a T-16000M, and it's sitting there on my desk as a dust-covered shame trophy. Doesn't even look like I'll ever be able to play Descent: Underground with it either.

It works great with Freespace 2, go play that! It's also great for Elite Dangerous which I used it for.

Sarsapariller
Aug 14, 2015

Occasional vampire queen


Probably just a wacky coincidence that this keeps happening to every new person who tries the game.

It works on my machine!

Pixelate
Jan 6, 2018

"You win by having fun"

Bubbacub posted:

Those people who built simpits in their basements for SC...what do they do with them?

Play NMS...

https://twitter.com/StripesbyNW/status/1110302711868608513/photo/1

Dementropy
Aug 23, 2010





It's promises, all the way down.

Zazz Razzamatazz
Apr 19, 2016

by sebmojo

Bubbacub posted:

Those people who built simpits in their basements for SC...what do they do with them?

[Edit- actually nevermind, that was a messed up incident]

chaosapiant
Oct 10, 2012

White Line Fever

Zazz Razzamatazz posted:

Well, there was that guy a year or two ago who died from auto-erotic asphyxiation in his, got found by his parents a day or two later. Sad but true.

I'd like to read more about this. Do you have links?

Zazz Razzamatazz
Apr 19, 2016

by sebmojo

chaosapiant posted:

I'd like to read more about this. Do you have links?

No, it was just something that came up a few years ago. Not a good way to go.

Zazz Razzamatazz
Apr 19, 2016

by sebmojo
In the interest of pulling the thread back up-

Lethality, we know you're reading (pledge a :10bux: and join us) none of us care about upvotes or downvotes- people are downvoting you because your opinions are bad...

Agony Aunt
Apr 17, 2018

by LITERALLY AN ADMIN

chaosapiant posted:

It works great with Freespace 2, go play that! It's also great for Elite Dangerous which I used it for.

Fingers crossed i should be getting a 1600M in a few weeks. Been living with just a stick for the last year and i miss having a throttle.

Flared Basic Bitch
Feb 22, 2005

Invading your personal space since 1968.

Bofast posted:

I think it's from a bug where if you are crouching and try to use your inner thoughts™ menu to sit on a chair or other seat, you end up sitting somewhere else in the completely wrong direction. I don't even know how this happens, but Star Citizen manages.

There’s no purer distillation of this game’s lovely design than “you must use your inner thoughts menu to use a god drat chair”. Never been done before motherfucker.

Flared Basic Bitch
Feb 22, 2005

Invading your personal space since 1968.

DapperDon posted:

Then can you clarify what exactly is permissible to suggest someone deserves to die for then?

Thank you for your attention in this matter.

Posting anime, obviously.

Flared Basic Bitch
Feb 22, 2005

Invading your personal space since 1968.

Colostomy Bag posted:

I hate how this game has finally broken my satire meter.

edit: Imagine being the lawyer that has to read that with a straight face.

"To my lovely wife, I hereby will my collection of space concept jpegs. Please take care of them."

I think it’s pretty thoughtful that he spared the recipient the trouble of murdering him upon hearing the news.

Bootcha
Nov 13, 2012

Truly, the pinnacle of goaltending
Grimey Drawer

Colostomy Bag posted:

"To my lovely wife, I hereby will my collection of space concept jpegs. Please take care of them."

"Please ensure they are delivered to my friends, lovely wife. I'd give them to you, but you just don't understand game development."

Iceclaw
Nov 4, 2009

Fa la lanky down dilly, motherfuckers.

Bootcha posted:

"Please ensure they are delivered to my friends, dear mum. I'd give them to you, but you just don't understand game development."

FTFY.

Dementropy
Aug 23, 2010



Dementropy posted:



It's promises, all the way down.

Hav
Dec 11, 2009

Fun Shoe

chaosapiant posted:

It works great with Freespace 2, go play that! It's also great for Elite Dangerous which I used it for.

T-16000000 buddies represent.

Hav
Dec 11, 2009

Fun Shoe

Tokamak posted:

Not only is he a lawyer, he is a co-founder and is Chris's friend back from the movie days where he specialised in German tax shelter film financing.

He’s not only a lawyer and co-founder, Chris’ friend and a specialist in German tax shelter film financing, but he’s the guy that masterminded the ‘Crytek is going bust’ defense that the court kinda completely ignored in the lawsuit.

Zazz Razzamatazz
Apr 19, 2016

by sebmojo

Hav posted:

T-16000000 buddies represent.

I also use that HOTAS combo. (though I need to do something to it to make the throttle's motion a little smoother)

trucutru
Jul 9, 2003

by Fluffdaddy

Zazz Razzamatazz posted:

In the interest of pulling the thread back up-

Lethality, we know you're reading (pledge a :10bux: and join us) none of us care about upvotes or downvotes- people are downvoting you because your opinions are bad...

Please don't assume that sort of thing, personally I am pointing all my downvote bots that thread because I am an empty husk of a human who is immensely jealous of all the achievements accomplished by the people backing the BDSSE.

trucutru
Jul 9, 2003

by Fluffdaddy

Hav posted:

He’s not only a lawyer and co-founder, Chris’ friend and a specialist in German tax shelter film financing, but he’s the guy that masterminded the ‘Crytek is going bust’ defense that the court kinda completely ignored in the lawsuit.

Nah, the court took that into account and reached the conclusion that, if they are going bust, then they shouldn't put as much money in escrow.

Chrom1um
Dec 31, 2005
Come and join my doomsday cult!

Sarsapariller posted:

Hot off the test servers: 8 minutes of thrilling cave action

My favorite bit is the part at 2:15 where he tries to drop a glowstick and it goes skittering off to the left instead of falling down.

Minor, but multiple things bothered me about the Mission Request pop-ups.

1) Why are they front and center? That's a lot of screen real-estate for pop-up requests that will usually be declined.
2) Just 7 seconds to accept/decline? Seriously? You have to read what the request is and the requester, read the payout, and make your decision all within 7 seconds.
3) And if you accept, hope you don't fat finger it because the Accept and Decline buttons are right next to each other.
4) There's also no iconography, which would save your mental processing time and possibly screen space.. And they literally spell out Press 'Right Bracket' to accept | Press 'Left Bracket' to decline. For something that you'd need to decide in seconds.
Also, really minor thing but a 4 character abbreviation is at least one too many for a common universal currency, if you're going to attach that in quick-response requests. I know alpha space bux are different from planned future space bux, but can they not simply use a symbol either way?

These are minor things, but the design is really not conducive to snap decisions. Minimum 15 seconds to process it, have the pop-up be smaller and not center (if the HUD interface is customizable and people can re-size and move things, my bad). You'd want there be different icons for different types of requests. You'd probably want the requester's name, payout, and arguably the mission type bolded for quicker processing. And you can educate people to press [ or ] to Accept/Decline in an info pop-up at some point, you don't need to spell out every thing including Right and Left Bracket every time those things pop up, which seem to be often. Maybe one quick piece of relevant info on the requester would be nice too, like if they have a Crime Stat, which could be done with a single character next to their name.

Hav
Dec 11, 2009

Fun Shoe

trucutru posted:

Nah, the court took that into account and reached the conclusion that, if they are going bust, then they shouldn't put as much money in escrow.

I was attempting to be funny. I’m wasted on you people.

Zazz Razzamatazz posted:

I also use that HOTAS combo. (though I need to do something to it to make the throttle's motion a little smoother)

White/lithium grease on the guide-bars helped the stiction with mine. Same stuff they use on printers.

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Sanya Juutilainen
Jun 19, 2019

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

Chrom1um posted:

Minor, but multiple things bothered me about the Mission Request pop-ups.

1) Why are they front and center? That's a lot of screen real-estate for pop-up requests that will usually be declined.
2) Just 7 seconds to accept/decline? Seriously? You have to read what the request is and the requester, read the payout, and make your decision all within 7 seconds.
3) And if you accept, hope you don't fat finger it because the Accept and Decline buttons are right next to each other.
4) There's also no iconography, which would save your mental processing time and possibly screen space.. And they literally spell out Press 'Right Bracket' to accept | Press 'Left Bracket' to decline. For something that you'd need to decide in seconds.
Also, really minor thing but a 4 character abbreviation is at least one too many for a common universal currency, if you're going to attach that in quick-response requests. I know alpha space bux are different from planned future space bux, but can they not simply use a symbol either way?

These are minor things, but the design is really not conducive to snap decisions. Minimum 15 seconds to process it, have the pop-up be smaller and not center (if the HUD interface is customizable and people can re-size and move things, my bad). You'd want there be different icons for different types of requests. You'd probably want the requester's name, payout, and arguably the mission type bolded for quicker processing. And you can educate people to press [ or ] to Accept/Decline in an info pop-up at some point, you don't need to spell out every thing including Right and Left Bracket every time those things pop up, which seem to be often. Maybe one quick piece of relevant info on the requester would be nice too, like if they have a Crime Stat, which could be done with a single character next to their name.

I believe they are saved in MobiGlass anyway (never played so far, though).

Why not simply show "You have a message" icon is beyond me, though, of course.

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